Energy Conservation at Home

Well I do better than that. I don't have television, Have candles, no electric lights. No Air conditioning, no fans. Only energy I have is a log fire in the winter. In fact I use up so much energy when chopping up logs, that I lose weight plus get warm at the same time. I also have Cavity wall insulation in my Cavity walls, which keeps out the cold in the winter and keeps out the heat in the summer.

I do that whenever there is no need of electricity I just switch off all the lights and fans whenever I am moving out of a room I switch the fans and light immediately

ya i too conserve energy and i think its a good habit. when not needed i switch off all the lights and fans.

We have a solar and wind powered home so we live within nature. When the batteries are registering full that is when I do my laundry, sweeping, running the water. The lights and appliances we use are sized for the system we have installed. The house is earth bermed so it stays warmer in winter and nice and cool in the summer. No fans and extra furnace for us.

Well after this past summer when we got a $500 electric bill you bet we did some work to conserve on things. We turned down the water heater, turned up the fridge and freezers so they aren't as cold (they were too cold to begin with). We set the a/c to a higher number. Living in Florida we need it on but we turned it a bit higher. We got rid of a very old chest freezer. That turned out to be the biggest electric hog. Lots of little things but it did help.

Vow!!! Thats really cool! I usually turn off lights and fans whenevr not necessary and try to use acs or heaters only when needed the most.

I turn off everything I can. And I keep the furnace turned as low as possible, which is hard when it is around 20' here. I try to combine things I do and have switched all my lights to lower wattage compacts. I also charge my cell phone, ipod, and laptop on solar chargers.

I turn off lights when I'm not using them and also don't leave the stereo or TV or computer on when not using them. In the summer I use the air conditioner as a last resort, only when fans don't keep me cool. I also use those compact flourescent light bulbs that burn less energy and supposedly last for years.

I do I keep most of my light off the only lights I have on now is my desk lamp and my tv I keep the air off unless I get over heated

I use to do more or less the same thing and I can add that I use low consumption (fluorescent) lamps.

Wow, you should be saving a lot of money on electricity. The problem in our place is we can't really save on power because we need the heater running 24/7 since the temp outside is -2 celsius here in Albany NY.

we do conserve energy at home by using it very frugally also we have done awy with th e ac no we just use the fan also we make sure that the lights do no burn unnecessarily.also if the dining lights are on e make sure that bedroom ,hall lights are off and vice versa.

yes.energy conservation is very prominent now. because the naturalresources are getting decreased. and power consumption is becoming very high now a days. i always try to save the energy tomy lelel best. doing so ,i can have some more power after some period

There are a lot of ways to save energy, and reduce energy consumption in our house. some of the techniques known to me are: using CFL(Compact Fluorescent Lamp) instead of ordinary Incandescent Bulbs, it reduces more than 60% energy consumption for the same output of light. moreover, we should use electronic chokes instead of conventional electromagnetic chokes used in fluorescent tubes, use of LCD monitors instead of CRT monitors will also save energy(it saves space too), new advanced AC s and washing machines are already in the market which saves energy. another thing to mention, in connection with switching off any electronic gadgets such as TV, music system etc, it is better to switch off from socket manually rather switching off through remote(if only switched off through remote, it consumes some amount of energy in standby mode) when not in use at all. also, it is to be note that, chargers(for eg. mobile phone chargers) should be pulled out of the socket/plug or switch off the manual on/off switch when not in use of charging purpose. I think, these tricks will definitely help to save energy at home. however some tricks may be costlier one to implement but, due to less consumption, it will reduce running cost. so, kindly use these tricks and watch how you get benefited.

I do all the things you've mentioned. I use the washing machine when I have a full load (the more power used when the load is less). We've got good ventilation at our house. So, I don't use the lights or fans during the day time. I try to use more tubelights than the Watt bulbs which use up lots of energy. The water heater is switched on only once...after which if I need hot water and a small amount, I heat it on the stove.

I usually try to do the same. But we just got a hot tub for christmas so I guess all my hard work is not working.

yup we do...we off all the mains b4 we retire for the day!

I too switch off the lights and the tv and fan and other gadgets when not needed. We use gas for cooking and I keep the things needed for cooking ready and then switch on the stove.

i tried to practice it,but nothing happen.still our consumption is so big.so we plan to buy solar to provide our own electric energy.

yes i turn off unnecessary lights at home.. i also turn on the air conditioner during night time only but my computer is always ON 24/7 lol im glad my aquarium pumps dont eat much electricity whew